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New-ManagementScope

Exchange Online ExchangeOnlineManagement New-*

Create a regular or exclusive management scope.

Quick start script

# New-ManagementScope — quick start (serv365.ai)
# 1. Connect (app-only shown; interactive: omit the certificate parameters)
Connect-ExchangeOnline -CertificateThumbprint $thumb -AppId $appId -Organization $org

# 2. Capture the current state first — you cannot roll back what you never recorded
$before = Get-ManagementScope
$before | Format-List

# 3. Make the change (dry run first)
New-ManagementScope -Name <String> -DatabaseList <DatabaseIdParameter[]> -DatabaseRestrictionFilter <String> -WhatIf
New-ManagementScope -Name <String> -DatabaseList <DatabaseIdParameter[]> -DatabaseRestrictionFilter <String>

# 4. Verify and diff
$after = Get-ManagementScope
Compare-Object ($before | Out-String) ($after | Out-String)

Syntax — 5 parameter sets

DatabaseList

New-ManagementScope [-Name] <String> -DatabaseList <DatabaseIdParameter[]>
 [-Confirm]
 [-DomainController <Fqdn>]
 [-Exclusive]
 [-Force]
 [-WhatIf]
 [<CommonParameters>]

DatabaseFilter

New-ManagementScope [-Name] <String> -DatabaseRestrictionFilter <String>
 [-Confirm]
 [-DomainController <Fqdn>]
 [-Exclusive]
 [-Force]
 [-WhatIf]
 [<CommonParameters>]

RecipientFilter

New-ManagementScope [-Name] <String> -RecipientRestrictionFilter <String>
 [-Confirm]
 [-DomainController <Fqdn>]
 [-Exclusive]
 [-Force]
 [-RecipientRoot <OrganizationalUnitIdParameter>]
 [-WhatIf]
 [<CommonParameters>]

ServerList

New-ManagementScope [-Name] <String> -ServerList <ServerIdParameter[]>
 [-Confirm]
 [-DomainController <Fqdn>]
 [-Exclusive]
 [-Force]
 [-WhatIf]
 [<CommonParameters>]

1 more parameter sets — see the parameter table below.

Parameters (12)

Parameter	Type	Required	What it controls
-Name	String	yes	The Name parameter specifies the name of the management scope. The name can be up to 64 characters. If the name contains spaces, enclose the name in quotation marks (").
-DatabaseList	DatabaseIdParameter[]	yes	This parameter is available only in on-premises Exchange.
-DatabaseRestrictionFilter	String	yes	This parameter is available only in on-premises Exchange.
-RecipientRestrictionFilter	String	yes	The RecipientRestrictionFilter parameter uses OPATH filter syntax to specify the recipients that are included in the scope. The syntax is `"Property -ComparisonOperator 'Value'"`.
-ServerList	ServerIdParameter[]	yes	This parameter is available only in on-premises Exchange.
-ServerRestrictionFilter	String	yes	This parameter is available only in on-premises Exchange.
-Confirm	SwitchParameter		The Confirm switch specifies whether to show or hide the confirmation prompt. How this switch affects the cmdlet depends on whether the cmdlet requires confirmation before proceeding.
-DomainController	Fqdn		This parameter is available only in on-premises Exchange.
-Exclusive	SwitchParameter		The Exclusive switch specifies that the role should be an exclusive scope. You don't need to specify a value with this switch.
-Force	SwitchParameter		The Force switch hides warning or confirmation messages. You don't need to specify a value with this switch.
-RecipientRoot	OrganizationalUnitIdParameter		The RecipientRoot parameter specifies the organizational unit (OU) under which the filter specified with the RecipientRestrictionFilter parameter should be applied. Valid input for this parameter is an OU or domain...
-WhatIf	SwitchParameter		The WhatIf switch shows what the command does without making any changes. You don't need to specify a value with this switch.

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